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Federal officials on Tuesday announced plans to ban dietary supplements containing ephedra because of continued health concerns about the product, and warned consumers not to take products containing the stimulant.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/30/ephedra/index.html
Health care workers should screen all adult patients for weight problems and suggest intensive counseling for those who are obese, an influential government task force is recommending.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/02/obesity.screening.ap/index.html
The Health and Human Services Department has found a higher death rate for cancer among blacks and low-income Americans in its review of the nation's health care system.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/23/healthcare.quality.ap/index.html
An expert with the World Health Organization will travel to Beijing on Monday to help Chinese authorities identify what may be the nation's first case of SARS in months, a spokesman for the health group said.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/28/china.sars/index.html
The Pentagon defended the safety, effectiveness and necessity of the anthrax vaccine it has made mandatory for U.S. troops on Tuesday, but stopped administering it one day after a judge ordered an end to the inoculations without the consent of service members.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/24/anthrax.order.reut/index.html
Flu cases among young pregnant women surged at a large public hospital, calling attention to yet another group at serious risk of the flu.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/11/sprj.flu03.pregnancy.ap/index.html
A Rhode Island hospital where a patient died during gastric bypass surgery this fall announced Friday it would resume the weight loss surgeries after determining doctors had conducted the procedure properly.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/26/stomach.staple.death.ap/index.html
About a quarter of women who stop taking hormone replacement therapy because of its risks wind up resuming the pills because of menopause misery, says the first research to explore how easy it is to quit.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/30/hormone.therapy.ap/index.html
The only researchers to publicly show that they have cloned a human embryo said on Tuesday that they had successfully repeated the experiment, growing an embryo to the 16-cell stage.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/16/science.clones.reut/index.html
Hoping to save money on prescription drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday asked for federal permission to set up a pilot program that would import medications from Canada.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/22/prescription.drugs.ap/index.html
Before sunrise Saturday, thousands of people across the country had staked a place in lines outside malls, supermarkets and clinics hoping to get a dose of the dwindling supply of flu vaccine.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/13/sprj.flu03.flu/index.html
Jake Perez kept a journal of his experience undergoing selective dorsal rhizotomy:
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/26/perez.journal/index.html
Flu sweeping across the country -- widespread in 36 states as of Thursday -- appears to be hitting unusually hard at young children, and experts say occasional reports of deaths among otherwise healthy youngsters are especially worrisome.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/18/sprj.flu03.children.ap/index.html
Some facts and figures about obesity in the United States from the recent health studies:
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/24/obesity.glance.ap/index.html
When an appendix needs to be removed, patients who have minimally invasive surgery fare far better than those who have traditional operations, a review of several studies indicates.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/22/appendix.surgery.ap/index.html
With Americans rushing to get flu shots amid a severe and early flu season, the two makers of the influenza vaccine said Friday that they have completed their shipments for the year.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/05/flu.vaccine/index.html
The country could face shortages of a popular childhood meningitis vaccine next year because of production problems, federal officials said Thursday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/parenting/12/19/meningitis.vaccine.ap/index.html
Millions of people have marked World AIDS Day with parades and prayers as a plan was unveiled to treat three million people living with AIDS within two years.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/01/world.aids.day/index.html
Federal health officials will seek $150 million from Congress over the next two years to encourage flu vaccine makers to adopt new manufacturing processes that could speed up production to respond to outbreaks, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Tuesday.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/16/sprj.flu03.vaccine/index.html
Federal health officials announced Thursday the purchase of 250,000 extra doses of the flu vaccine as the illness became officially widespread in 24 states, nearly double the number reported last week.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/11/sprj.flu03.flu/index.html
Ken Powers knew the potential dangers of having his stomach stapled, but to a man who had tipped the scales at 475 pounds, those risks didn't much matter.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/01/obesity.surgery.ap/index.html
At 23, Alexandra Baker figures it's time to get rid of the spider on her ankle.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/01/tattoo.removal.ap/index.html
The American Cancer Society issued new breast cancer screening guidelines Thursday, emphasizing the role of mammograms in early detection and downplaying the importance of breast self-examination.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/05/15/breast.cancer.guidelines/index.html
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday night when a 15-year-old boy with a bullet in his leg is rolled on a gurney into the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. More than 20 minutes have passed since he was shot in a drive-by.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/15/trauma.tech.ap/index.html
A first-of-its-kind genetic test will soon be available to help women with breast cancer make one of their most crucial decisions: whether to undergo the rigors of chemotherapy.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/05/cancer.predictor.ap/index.html
A 65-year-old woman is New Hampshire's sixth confirmed case of bacterial meningitis, health officials said.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/31/meningitis.cases.ap/index.html
Scientists are examining a strain of bacterial meningitis and trying to make links among five teenagers who contracted the brain-swelling disease. One of them has died.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/29/meningitis.cases.ap/index.html
A brightly colored sign flanked by holiday decorations tells visitors at the front door of the Maple Crest Care Center: If you have flu-like symptoms, please do not come any further.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/23/sprj.flu03.flu.elderly.ap/index.html
High school students who have tested positive for hepatitis A may be the first people to contract the virus from victims of an outbreak at a nearby Mexican restaurant.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/13/hepatitis.outbreak.ap/index.html
Diabetics who stick with insulin injections and blood-sugar monitoring have better odds of survival than those who choose to undergo a pancreas transplant, a drastic but increasingly common option, a study suggests.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/03/pancreas.transplants.ap/index.html
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Tuesday to recommend emergency contraception -- or the morning-after pill -- be available over-the-counter.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/16/morning.after.pill/index.html
Members of an advisory panel that backed this year's flu vaccine expressed doubts about its potential effectiveness before recommending it for the Food and Drug Administration's approval.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/13/sprj.flu03.vaccine/index.html
The government should provide clearer advice on which fish have too much mercury for pregnant women and young children, a scientific advisory panel says.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/12/mercury.fish.ap/index.html
The Boston Archdiocese is asking parishioners with cold or flu symptoms to forego long-standing traditions of Mass -- including communion and shaking hands as a symbol of peace -- to avoid spreading the illnesses.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/24/sprj.flu03.communion.ap/index.html
Some 300,000 Americans with failed kidneys stay alive by getting their blood cleaned three times a week at dialysis centers. But a new report says too many of those facilities provide inadequate treatment.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/12/02/dialysis.quality.ap/index.html
A flu outbreak that could reach epidemic proportions has prompted thousands of Americans to wait in long queues for their doses of vaccines, which are rapidly running out.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/13/otsc.quijano/index.html
Contaminated scallions linked to a deadly outbreak of hepatitis A shouldn't scare most people away from eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, experts say.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/30/safe.vegetables.ap/index.html
Contaminated scallions linked to a deadly outbreak of hepatitis A shouldn't scare most people away from eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, experts say.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/28/safe.vegetables.ap/index.html
While U.S. health officials are taking the recent deadly influenza outbreak seriously, its scope is modest compared with flu pandemics of the 20th century that killed tens of millions of people.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/10/flu.history/index.html
Starting this summer, Boston will begin buying prescription drugs from Canada for thousands of city employees and retirees, a newspaper reported.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/09/canada.boston.ap/index.html
Researchers found a gene responsible for drunkenness in worms after plying thousands of the tiny creatures with booze, a discovery that could boost the fight against alcoholism.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/11/drunk.gene.ap/index.html
Taiwan's first SARS case in five months has raised questions about how carefully laboratories are handling the virus after it was revealed the infected man had ignored safety guidelines.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/16/sars.taiwan/index.html
A genetically engineered vaccine against SARS has shown promising results in early tests in monkeys and could pave the way for a protective vaccine in humans, according to scientists said.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/04/sars.vaccine.reut/index.html
The two companies that make flu vaccines in the United States have run out of the flu vaccine. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer spoke with Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville about the implications.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/05/cnna.flu.schaffner/index.html
Davis Baltz shops for organic food and otherwise tries to live as healthy as he can.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/25/internal.toxins.ap/index.html
As bad as this year's flu season is, it hasn't brought the worldwide outbreak known as a pandemic. But experts warn that a pandemic is coming, it's just a question of when.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/13/sprj.flu03.flu.bigone.ap/index.html
Who has an hour to spend in a gym? New weight training programs offer results in 30 minutes or less for people who don't have time to dawdle.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/15/quick.workout.ap/index.html
Singapore's health ministry has ordered 70 people who possibly came into contact with a Taiwanese SARS patient to be quarantined.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/17/sars.singapore/index.html
Maybe the first person to realize something terrible was happening to the children of Fallon was a nurse who gives chemotherapy at the community hospital.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/13/cancer.mystery.ap/index.html
Fighting to shed a few pounds and control that waistline? For the soaring number of Americans who are becoming dangerously overweight, states and cities across the country want to help.
http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/24/battling.obesity.ap/index.html
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Wikipedia-Article "Health [2]"
- For the science of human and animal health, see Health science.
Defined negatively, health is the absence of illness, functionally, as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fitness and well-being. In any organism, health is a form of homeostasis. This is a state of balance, with inputs and outputs of energy and matter in equilibrium (allowing for growth). Health also implies good prospects for continued survival. In sentient creatures such as humans, health is a broader concept.
Many definitions of health have been offered from time to time. Webster's Dictionary defines health as "the condition of being sound in body, mind or spirit, especially freedom from physical disease or pain". The Oxford English Dictionary defines health as "soundness of body or mind; that condition in which its functions are duly and efficiently discharged". Dubos (1968) defined health as " a modus vivendi enabling imperfect men to achieve a rewarding and not-too-painful existance while they cope with an imperfect world".
However, the most widely accepted definition is that of the World Health Organization Constitution. It states that "health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (World Health Organization, 1946). In more recent years, this statement has been amplified to include the ability to lead a "socially and economically productive life". The WHO definition is not without criticism, mainly that it is too broad. Some argue that health cannot be defined as a state at all, but must be seen as a process of continuous adjustment to the changing demands of living and of the changing meanings we give to life. It is a dynamic concept. the WHO definition is therefore considered by many as an idealistic goal rather than a realistic proposition. Using the WHO definition classifies 70-95% of people as unhealthy. In spite of the above limitations, the concept of health as defined by WHO is broad and positive in its implications. It sets out a high standard for positive health. It represents the overall goal that nations should strive to reach.
The most solid aspects of wellness that fit firmly in the realm of medicine are the environmental health, nutrition, disease prevention, and public health matters that can be investigated and assist in measuring well-being.
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See also
- Disease
- Health care
- Health disparities
- Health profession
- Healthcare delivery
- Healthy eating
- Longevity
- Medicine
- Mental health
- Natural Hygiene
- Nursing
- Physical fitness
- Population health
- Public health
- Sexuality
- Wellness (alternative medicine)
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- World Health Organization, Constitution, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1946. Available online at [http://w3.whosea.org/aboutsearo/pdf/const.pdf http://w3.whosea.org/Accessed October 24, 2005.
- WHO (1979)Health for All, Sr. Nos. 1, 2
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